Professional Wrestling

[kdawg32086]

Rob Terry's invinceability continues. Based on how invinceable he is, how has he not squashed everyone else in the company and taken the title?

[Darth Thanatos]

And he's only wrestled a total of like 5 minutes in the ring. This guy is a joke.

[DennyMcLain]

LOL @ KURT ANGLE!!!

Angle charged with HGH possession

Associated Press

MCKEES ROCKS, Pa. -- Pro wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle has been arrested on charges of possessing a human growth hormone and violating an order of protection in suburban Pittsburgh.

Angle was arrested about 7:50 a.m. Saturday in a Robinson Township strip mall parking lot. His girlfriend, who said she obtained a protection order about 1½ hours earlier after the two fought Friday night, alleged that he had circled the lot staring at her as she sat in a coffee shop, according to a police affidavit.

Police said they found the human growth hormone Hygetropin in Angle's car, and the wrestler told them he had a prescription for the drug. He also told officers he had not seen the woman and was looking for a hotel because he was barred from his home.

Angle, 40, was charged with violating the order of protection, harassment, possession of drugs and paraphernalia and driving with a suspended license. He posted bail and is scheduled to appear for a hearing Tuesday on the drug and harassment charges and Wednesday on the charge of violating the protection order, a court clerk said.

Angle, the current heavyweight champion of Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, was scheduled to appear in a TNA Wrestling event Sunday night in Orlando, Fla. Steven Godfrey, spokesman for Nashville, Tenn.-based TNA Wrestling, declined comment on the arrest but said the main event between Angle, Sting and "The Blueprint" Matt Morgan would go on as scheduled.

Godfrey also said TNA has a drug policy in place for staff and performers, but he declined to release the details.

Angle's phone number is unlisted. Messages left for attorney Michael Santicola, who has represented him previously, were not immediately returned.

Angle is a two-time NCAA Division I wrestling champion at Clarion University in western Pennsylvania. He won the 220-pound championship at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, defeating Iran's Abbas Jadidi for the gold medal, and has been a professional wrestler since 1998.

In September, Angle was found not guilty of drunken driving in Moon Township outside Pittsburgh. A motorist told police Angle had cut her off while leaving a bar parking lot.

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/news/story?id=4402589

P, TNA is fucking imploding.

[Pharaoh]

In actual fact Denny TNA is moving along very nicely.

The Angle thing is obviously not a good thing, since he's the Champ. Some will claim TNA should have him drop the title ASAP and suspend him or take him off TV. And I think they should.

At the next PPV I'd have him wrestle Bobby Lashley - get "injured" and pinned in the same match. He could sell a neck injury and people would buy it - he's already had 6 broken necks and never had the fusion surgery that Austin and Edge had.

Putting the belt on Lashley would give TNA some publicity since Lashley is doing MMA as well. Only problem would be if Lashley got beat in MMA while TNA Champion.

Which is why TNA should just bite the bullet and have Matt Morgan win the title at the next PPV. Angle gets time off and TNA elevate "The Blueprint" at the same time.

Backstage TNA is getting their shit together. Scott D'Amore is back behind the scenes and if any of you were paying attention a while ago he was the guy responsible for writing/booking the women's division when Gail Kim and Awesome Kong were the hottest act in TNA.

He'll help Vince Russo elevate guys like Hernandez, Eric Young and Matt Morgan and rebuild the X Division/Women's Division. TNA have used and abused their "Originals" long enough and with Russo and D'Amore handling creative I'm pretty sure the young guys will get their chance to shine.

Despite popular "smark" opinion that is one thing Russo has always done - promoted young talent. The Rock, Stone Cold and Mick Foley didn't arrive in WWF ready made. The creative team helped make them.

Does anyone remember Rocky Mavia, the cookie-cutter, cheesy ass babyface that had the crowd chanting "Rocky Sucks" while he was supposed to be the "good guy"?

Does anyone remember "The Ringmaster" Steve Austin, managed by the Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase (Snr) and stuck at the bottom of the card?

Surely you guys remember the Mankind character that got super-over with the crowd?

Russo was in WWF for all of that.

WCW? Different situation due to the merger and certain talent having creative control in their contracts. But the record shows that he tried to use the young talent WCW had at the time. Maybe if they hired him before losing Jericho, Big Show, Benoit and Eddie Guerrero the company may have survived.

I always thought WCW should have developed a more MMA-like style given the restrictions the AOL/Warner people put on them. Certain storylines couldn't be done in case people got offended, but if you have a more "real life sports" show you don't have to come up with so many crazy stories cause you would have a ranking system and people would want to move up the ladder to get the gold....

But whatever.

Now that TNA has finished their Hard Justice PPV we should get a real look at what TNA can do with their talent under Russo. He's gotta build to their Bound For Glory PPV (their Wrestlemania) and I think he'll score a home run or 2.

Expecting a perfect show is too much - even Smackdown isn't all great.

[Pharaoh]

Oh, btw - the ex-girlfriend of Angle is Rhaka Khan - the female wrestler!

Went from Karen to Khan!

Dude went from a sexy chick to what looks like a chick with a dick

[D's Nuts]

Great, DX is back and now they are pandering to the kids of the WWE. What a joke.

I realize we have all said this about 100 times already but the product is too 'dumb' for smart fans. This PG bullshit is clearly not getting them anywhere. Vince did his best when it was the attitude era and went up against wcw. Call me when it gets exciting again.

Raw is a joke.

[DennyMcLain]

Now that Hardy is from Smackdown for a while, suddenly here comes the old man, and SUDDENLY he gets a title shot. CM Punk needs to beat the Undertaker, and set up a Morrison/Punk showdown. THAT would be a fucking helluva PPV main event.

[Pharaoh]

You guys can't update this without me?

Fuck!

Ok, where do I start?

WWE: Linda McMahon is no longer CEO - she's running for your Senate! Vince is now CEO but people are wondering if that will change since he's so focused on the wrestling product that he can't do the day to day business.

Shane McMahon has left WWE!!! He was on the corporate side and no one knows what his next venture might be. Even though everyone always knew Stephanie and HHH would end up running the show when Vince died Shane's departure is a massive shock because everyone just assumed he was gonna stick with the family business and be "Linda" to Stephanie's "Vince" (that would make HHH what? He does have a thing for man-like chicks = remember Chyna?)

On the wrestling side: Ted DiBiase and Cody Rhodes have been well positioned lately v DX and in segments with Orton, which will lead to DiBiase's face turn as already mentioned a while back.

Other things wrestling related with WWE? Nothing! They suck cause its the same old shit every fucking week. Still havent seen Bryan Danielson debut though. That will be interesting because over in...

TNA: Nigel McGuinness arrived and laid the smackdown on Kurt Angle! Nigel was supposed to sign with WWE but apparently failed his pre-signing wellness test and they told him to fuck off. So TNA signed him cause they don;t test for shit!

Anyway, McGuinness is now known as Desmond Wolfe cause Vince Russo is so fucking creative he did a google search for the most popular Bristish name and that's what came up!

Yep, that Vince Russo sure has talent!

The best thing about TNA right now is that they seem to have finally woken up and realised that even with all those old superstars from WCW (Sting, Nash, Booker T, Scott Steiner) and WWE (Foley, Angle, Rhino, Team 3D) the ratings have stayed the same forever. FOREVER!

So they are turning to the youth! FINALLY!

AJ Styles, Samoa Joe, Christopher Daniels, Matt Morgan, Hernandez, Eric Young, Nigel McGuinness, The British Invaders, Motor City Machine Guns, Amazing Red and Abyss are all being pushed or soon will be and IMO it's about time.

If TNA actually improves it's ratings and buyrates Russo might get some credit but I doubt it. I'm guessing internet fans will use the "people wanted that for years" excuse.

In all honesty Russo has nothing to lose here. Ratings, buyrates and just the entire vibe around TNA with those old guys was "WWE-lite". By turning the show over to the youth he can create something different which is a good thing.

And really, how low will the ratings go? They've been hanging between 1 and 1.4 for the last 3 years for crying out loud.

Anyway - it's good to be back.

[Glenn]

Which do you like more, wrestling or the Pistons?

[Vinny]

Ted Dibiase? The million dollar man>??? He's not dead???